Keeping Illinois Roads Safe for the Holidays
Fatalities on state highways increase this year and agencies remind drivers to be safe.
Traffic fatalities on Illinois roads have been increasing this year, the figure so far is 937. And that has prompted the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Tollway system to remind drivers to be safe, as millions of motorists hit the road for the holidays. The Illinois Tollway alone expects 15.7 million vehicles on the tollway system during the Christmas and New Year holidays, through Jan. 2. From 2009-2011, traffic fatalities were under 1,000, said Josh Kauffman, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) spokesman, and are the lowest figures since 1921. But the 813 fatalities already this year, figures could go beyond 1,000 based on the number of deaths that normally occur over the holiday period. There are a …
